Having a black couch in a living room is a daring move. Your living room can appear bold, stylish, and contemporary and can support a variety of accessories. From coffee tables with metallic accents to brown hand-woven rugs and green plants, a living room with a black couch can accommodate anything. With a thoughtful and smart interplay of colors, textures, and decor elements, you can aim for minimalist as well as maximalist interiors. There are endless possibilities when it comes to styling a living room with a black couch. Therefore, it is a must to be aware of accessories that will support your chic couch the best.
Here are the top 7 suggestions for accessorizing your living room with a black couch.
Before selecting a black couch for your living room, pay close attention to details such as the texture of the flooring and the color of the walls. Since the fabric can completely transform the look of the sofa, the textures on the walls and the floors must be compatible with the furniture. For instance, to give your room a cohesive appearance, make sure that the shine of the marble flooring is in harmony with the sheen of the black couch in your living room.
An amalgamation of solid, bright primary colors like yellow and geometric designs can work wonders in a living room that features a black couch. For your living room to have a contemporary vibe, experimenting with patterns and designs is a must. Create a dynamic arrangement by painting the walls beige, taupe, or even black so that the attention is completely focused on the black couch in the living room, but the rest of the room also looks comforting and plush.
If your sofa is right next to the window and there is ample sunlight entering your room, select the neutrals wisely. For a grander appearance, let the couch face the glass window. Make sure that there is ample space between the wall and the couch itself so that you can place a smart table. Placing side tables with metallic accents on either side of the sofa with a glass finish will accentuate the black couch in the living room and turn it into a focal point.
A living room with a black couch can be made to look plush by following a few simple tips and tricks. Minimalist designer statement vases, sculptures, fragrant exotic candles, Dostoevsky books placed on open shelves, and a modern crystal chandelier can make your room appear posh and opulent. To give your space a more gothic vibe, get your black couch upholstered with velvet fabric, and to complement the same couch spread an intricately embroidered silk carpet on the floor.
Balance and harmony must be strived for when designing a room. Therefore, a living room with a black couch needs to be balanced well with accessories accordingly. If you are following modern aesthetics, a black couch paired with coffee tables that have a glass and metallic finish and sleek gadgets will need some greenery for extra support and balance. Indoor plants like Elephant Ear or Monstera Deliciosa will give that relief to the eye, add freshness, and create some visual interest at the same time.
Style is nothing without comfort. If you are fond of photography, hang your best-clicked photographs in your living room. Black and white photographs in silver frameswill complement the black couch and lend a personal touch. A stylish coffee table placed in front of the couch can anchor the living room and provide a platform for decor.
Abstract modernist artworks can introduce color, pattern, and texture to enhance the overall ambiance of the space. Experiment with frames to build drama. However, the colors on the paintings must be in cohesion with the tone of the wall and the black couch. For instance, the best approach to utilize a large wall and transform it into an accent wall is to place a black couch in the living room in front of a light gray wall that features paintings with white backgrounds.
A black couch in your living room offers endless styling opportunities. By incorporating the elements mentioned earlier in your living space, you will be creating a sophisticated place to lounge and unwind in. However, since it is your lounging space, make sure that the place screams for you and merges well with your personality.
Your comfort is primary; therefore, make sure that your living room is in accordance with your style and taste so that you feel comfortable. Abide by the ideas mentioned above so that you can style it in a manner such that it is uniquely yours. Drop your suggestions in the comments section below.
It’s no secret that dark colours are quickly becoming the new neutral, and this may be tempting you to buy a black sofa. But, here are a few decorating tips you should consider before you introduce the darkest colour in the largest piece of furniture in your room.
Since black is the new trendy neutral that’s quickly replacing grey, I thought it was time to talk about black sofas.
During the tuscan trend, brown was the most common sofa colour.
During the grey trend, charcoal was the IT sofa.
Now, it’s back to the 80s with forest green and black sofas.
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Now that Tuscan brown (including gold beige) and grey sofas are looking dated. And white sofas are not practical for many of us, even though I know some of you have considered it. So, I thought it was time for me to share my thoughts on the black sofa.
Scrolling Pinterest for images and inspiration for this post, I found some elegant looks like the channeled velvet sofa above. But overwhelmingly, most felt stark and minimal. And I really think the trends are moving towards softer, more layered looks.
So, as you know, it is my mission in life to help you live with more colour.
As I’ve said many times before:
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I think the challenge with the black sofa is that it makes it even harder to introduce softness and especially colour into your room.
Black is by definition high contrast and graphic. Black is also the absence of all colour. And sofas are LARGE – this is a very HEAVY place to introduce black. That’s why black sofas are riskier than grey or even brown ones. They are a big commitment to the heaviest colour on earth, smack dab in the center of your room.
Lots of white, including white walls, are being used to balance a black sofa in the images I’m seeing. Opposites balance and attract right?
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Well yes, but black and white are EXTREME opposites. And the distance between them is so vast that the look is cold and stark most of the time.
Contrast is one of the most important and challenging aspects of design, and the return of the black sofa brings the issue to a head.
I’ve always said that buying a sofa in your favourite colour is the most timeless choice.
It’s trendy neutrals that date the fastest. Especially dark neutrals.
But buying a large item, like a sofa, is where people typically get really conservative about colour.
And that’s too bad. Because when you’re putting together a room, you only have so many places to make a well-proportioned injection of colour. The sofa, the area rug, accent chairs, the walls, and large scale art. That’s pretty much it. You’ll notice that none of these are really small and easy purchases. And that’s why so many people end up with rooms all in the “safe” trendy neutral of the moment.
Yikes! The safe-neutral-everything design rut was bad with brown, drab with grey, and it’s sure to be a disaster with black! Just like it was in the 80s.
I’m just saying that a large black sofa is an especially challenging design element to work with. I’m willing to bet you will be much happier to curl up on a sofa in your favourite coral, green or blue in the long run, rather than black.
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With your largest piece of upholstery in black, you will feel compelled to create a room that looks like a desaturated photograph.
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Black enjoys its own colourless company. You’ll have to work harder to introduce colour into your palette.
There are, of course, rooms that look good with black sofas. But they are so specific and far from simple to pull off. Some of the best ones I found had dark walls that made the black sofa recede into the whole.
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If you are creating a glam room, like this black, white and brass room above, this is where a black sofa in a sleek shape works best. But if you prefer a casual, cozy look for day to day living, a black sofa is going to work against you.
Help Maria, I just bought a black sofa!
So, you already have a black sofa and you want to introduce some colour? You’ll need lots of white, plus you can use warm cognac browns, deep and leafy greens, as well as gold to balance it.
Pink is a great colour for warming up a black and white palette too.
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With a black sofa, it’s a good idea to use a light rug. A dark rug will make the room look bottom heavy.
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Leopard print is a great way to repeat black and layer in some warm gold and cognac tones.
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If you would like to indulge in the black and white trend, I recommend that you introduce black in smaller doses rather than a full sofa.
Because here’s my prediction: you are going to be just as desperate to get rid of your black sofa in ten years as you were to ditch your espresso brown one. . .not that long ago.
Over to you my lovelies! What do you think of this new black world? Black exteriors and interiors, what are you thinking of painting or buying in black next?
PS. Here are my Boston True Colour Experts from last weeks workshop! I have one more day here with my Orlando group! My Spring dates will be announced shortly!
Here were our two amazing volunteers Lucy Hird Interiors from San Francisco (left ) and Therese Landry from Boston (right).